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The Honorable Michael Montelongo (Mike), a former presidential appointee and Senate-confirmed official, is a board governance and audit committee financial expert serving on the boards of Civeo Corporation (NYSE: CVEO), Conduent Inc (NASDAQ: CNDT), Palmex Ltd., and the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). He has a broad industry, sector and functional experience which includes government service in the military, the U.S. Senate, the Pentagon, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and The Aerospace Corporation. He is a national security, geopolitics, and public policy expert, and a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

This episode is a remarkable master class on all things Gen Z from the Founder & CEO (Jake Bjorseth) and Chief TikTok Officer (Amanda Johansen) of the largest independent marketing agency in the world focused on Gen Z → Trndsttrs. The agency was founded in 2018 and its team has some of the  best GenZ content creators, social media managers, influencer marketers and strategists in the world. 25 billion impressions and 4000+ influencer partners redefining how brands and companies reach, interact and create connective tissue with consumers.

Gustavo Alberelli (Gus) is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Sunstone Partners, a growth oriented private equity firm that focuses on investments in technology-enabled services and software businesses. Founded in 2015, Sunstone Partners is headquartered in San Mateo, CA and has +$1.7 Billion of committed capital under its first three funds. He is one of a few Latinos in the country that have raised over $1 billion in capital and allocating it to  high growth companies.

Yvonne Liser is a 4th generation DC native that has been researching genealogy since the mid-1990s. Over the years of research she has met new cousins, travelled, and found how her families lived in history. Yvonne is the historian for 5 families and leads 3 genealogy DNA groups.
She has discussed her remarkable family history on the PBS series African American Lives 2 and Nightly News with Lester Holt and her research led her to two free African American ancestors that assisted during the Revolutionary War which led her to joining Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) in 2011.  
Since joining DAR Yvonne has held many positions within her chapter including regent, recording secretary, registrar, historian, and corresponding secretary. She has also served as chair of various chapter committees including Bylaws, Women’s Issues, Chapter Achievement Award, and Historic Preservation.
On June 30, she became the state regent of the nation's capital's, District of Columbia's DAR. In the past she has served DCDAR as State Organizing Secretary, State Registrar, Chapter Development and Revitalization Committee member, Scholarship Advisory Commission member, Long Range Planning Committee member, DAR Scholarship Committee Chair, and Membership Committee Vice Chair. Always finding something new to enjoy in DAR, Yvonne also served as president of the Chapter Regents Club and is a life member of the State Officers Club.
Positions and activities at the national level allows Yvonne to learn more about the organization and bring those skills, knowledge, and opportunities back to DCDAR and her chapter. She currently serves as national chair of the Americanism Committee, Specialty Research Committee member, and Long Range Planning Commission member.  In the past, she served as National Membership Committee Chair, Chapter Development and Revitalization Commission member, America 250! Membership Task Force member, National Vice Chair of DAR Scholarships, and National Vice Chair of the Lineage Research Committee.

Four facts: This is our 50th episode, there are 50 states in our country, 50 stars in our flag, and tomorrow is July 4th! The United States of America is celebrating its 248th birthday, which is why we decided to release this conversation today. Rodrigo Garcia is a decorated veteran of the United States Marine Corps who fought in three tours of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars between 2001-2006 and subsequently served as Director of the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs and member of the state’s cabinet. We thank him and all who serve our gorgeous country. Today he is a corporate finance, institutional asset management and sustainable investing leader.
Rodrigo is the global CFO and U.S. President for Talipot*Holdings, a multi-billion single family office, global investment enterprise and multinational conglomerate holding company with dozens of control holdings and non-control investments across various sectors and industries. Garcia is also an Adjunct Professor in Public Finance at Northwestern University and is a Certified Treasury Professional (CTP®).

Dr. Grace Colon is multicultural in many ways, but having New Orleans and San Juan lineage in equal parts makes for an interesting array of cuisine options growing up. She has 25+ years of experience in biopharma, genomics, diagnostics, synthetic biology, healthcare and industrial biotechnology. Most recently, she served as CEO and President of InCarda Therapeutics, where she led the company from a seed stage start-up to one with a best-in-class inhaled cardiovascular disease therapy being evaluated in a pivotal Phase 3 trial and a growing pipeline. She currently serves on the boards of CareDx (NASDAQ:CDNA), the MIT Corporation (MIT’s Board of Trustees),Voyager Therapeutics (NASDAQ: VYGR),  the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), and served as Executive Chairman and previously CEO of ProterixBio.